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  1. Timed Delay on Slashdot Subscribers Now See The Future · · Score: 1

    Why not put a timed delay on all posting to stop the silly first post syndrome.

  2. The past is gone... on Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You shouldn't worry about what you could have done differently in the past. If you could send yourself a message and actually change something, there would be a whole new branch of problem and mistakes that you would most likely want to change again, and again... and again.

    If you don't like something about yourself, don't fret over it. Change it starting now.

  3. This just happened to me... on My Short Life As An Unintentional Porn Spammer · · Score: 1

    It was the oddest thing, although no one replied to the mass mailing. I received about 200 - 250 bounce backs. I tried following up, but there isn't much I can do unless I devote a lot of time and money into it.

    Its kind of ashame that something thats so easy to do, should be so hard to fix.

  4. well duh on Killing Unwanted Text Messages from Yahoo! Alerts? · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Any suggestions for what I should do next to try and get Yahoo! to stop sending these unwanted messages".

    Have you tried turning off your cell phone?

  5. Mixed feelings... on HTTP's Days Numbered · · Score: 1

    "If it takes three minutes for a response, it is not really HTTP any more,"

    If it takes 3 minutes or as stated later 5 days, the problem is not in the protocol, but the architecture and performance of the application.

    The beauty of HTTP is that it is generally stateless, that is, you can use it, come back 5 days later and pick up exactly where you left off without consuming any resources. A lot of programmers have done things to get around this, but really as a matter of convenience, rarely for architectural reasons.

    I'll believe this when I see it, P2P is a great technology, but the web is just inherently different. I don't see where this guy is coming from... comments?

  6. Why? on Google's Search Appliance · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Google is great search engine for the Intenet, because it ranks pages according to how many other pages link to it. Its very democratic. I don't see how Google behind the firewall would be a viable product, what will it rate document on how many other company documents link to it?

    There a number of other existing indexing engines that are signigiantly cheaper and more mature. Google should stick to what it does best. I guess this shows they aren't very profitable and are looking for other sources of revenue.

  7. Sounds like... on Testing Technology on a Veritable Army of Children? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "bring together children ages 10 to 15 years old from around the world" Sounds like Slashdot to me.

  8. Three Acronyms on What Kind of Books do You Want? · · Score: 1

    .NET
    XML
    SOAP

  9. What about IM Software? on TrustE Launches Trusted Spammer Program · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be a smart idea to start thinking about IM clients?

    Sooner then later spammers will figure out that IMs get A LOT more attention then email.

  10. Interesting... but kind of pointless on Professional, Portable, Live MP3 Encoding · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't know who they are marketing this product towards but at a 128 kbps data rate, its kind of pointless. 128kbps is fine for MP3s, but if you want to get a good master copy of any music you need a much higher bit rate. Remember 128 kbps isn't as good as an audio CD, still better then tape mind you.

    Maybe good for those live dead shows, but probably not, there is no RCA or Mic line in.

    Just my 3 cents...

  11. Re:Deleted Scenes are deleted for a reason on Info on the LOTR:FOTR DVD · · Score: 1

    I rather thought he has done an excellent job so far.

    Have you ever tried to take a book that takes 40 hours to read aloud, and reduce it to 3 hours. :-)

  12. Deleted Scenes are deleted for a reason on Info on the LOTR:FOTR DVD · · Score: 1

    One thing to note is that when I purchased Episode One I was all excitied to see the deleted Scenes. But after seeing them, it still left something to be deserved.

    For LOTR If the scenes were deleted in post production, I dought they will have a major affect on the movie. I have a lot of respect for Jackson, and maybe he was thinking of these scenes all along. I bet more then likely though, those 30 to 40 minutes are silly, not-needed, deserved to be removed scenes, just like Lucas has done.

    I hope Jackson proves me wrong.

  13. Re:uh... a few seconds ruins a film? on Attack of the Clones · · Score: 1

    There is one positive side to this. Those same girls that pay to see glimpes of their heart throbs may actually take an interest in the Star Wars saga and Sci Fi.

  14. Re:Huh? on Joss Whedon Is Creating a Sci-Fi Drama For Fox · · Score: 1

    No I haven't so I can't argue my point very well. But I will ask by what means you mean silly? Special affects or plot?

  15. Huh? on Joss Whedon Is Creating a Sci-Fi Drama For Fox · · Score: 1

    "``It's wicked Joss-like,'' Fox Entertainment president Gail Berman said of Whedon's latest concept. ``It's not like any show set in space that I've ever seen.''"

    Ok, so either
    A: This guy hasn't seen much
    B: The series is going to suck

    There are only so many movies you can create about space and still say it is doing something new, I seriously dought this will be any good, regardless, this guy's resume speaks for itself.

    Or maybe I'm getting old, I grew up with Buck Rogers, Battle Star Galactica, Star Blazers and Robotech. Everything today seems a bit silly by comparison. Except Babylon 5 that is :-)

  16. unsubscribe on Crazy Stats on Spam · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    eom

  17. Re:Uranus on Oceans Potentially More Common In Solar System · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sorry, just couldn't resist.

  18. Uranus on Oceans Potentially More Common In Solar System · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Under some circumstances water might even be found inside Uranus..."

    no shit

  19. The Original Message Text? on Message from Kabul · · Score: 1

    Why wasn't the original message text printed? Or at least linked to?

    Is it out there somewhere?

  20. IT Support with Free Reign on Can Developers Work in a 'Locked-Down' Environment? · · Score: 1

    I've worked in this environment more then once.

    What usually happens is I ask for so many little changes that eventually the IT person in question will 'conveniently' leave my machine logged in as local admin.

    Add my my account to the local admin group and eom.

  21. I hate to say this... on Unreasonable Searches When Going to Work? · · Score: 1

    But in these times, we all sooner or later need to make a few sacrificies. Wether it be the economy or acts of terror.

    I have every belief that things WILL eventually get back to normal.

    Just be thankfull you don't work in a post office or a high rise in a major city.

  22. Re:ROFL! oh wait...its not april fool's day. on RIAA Wants Right To Hack · · Score: 1

    If microsoft has their way with WindowsXP and Passport, it won't be very difficult.

  23. Viruses Preserved... on Tarpits for Microsoft Worms · · Score: 5, Funny

    This way 10,000 years into the future, the viruses will be magically rediscovered in prestine condition.

  24. WTC Gone? on Simplicity In the Age Of The GUI · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How can anyone be remotely interested in anything else right now?

  25. NO WAIT, WAIT WAIT! on Dan Gillmor on WinXP · · Score: 1

    Let Microsoft spend all that cash on their uber-marketing campain. Then pass the injuction. :-)